Day #5: The weather is perfect and there's big water ahead. That's why we've decided to press on well after dark. The photo is pretty accurate as to what we can see. There's no moon so our searchlight, which is focused 100 yards in front of the bow, is our only light. The birds and bugs swirl and dive though the light as though performing for an audience. We can see those darn, green-pooping, midges congregating by the thousands on the bulwarks. Clean-up duty will be arduous tomorrow. There aren't many channel markers in Albermarle Sound so mostly we're hoping to spot crab pots. Our ETA at the Pongo/Alligator River canal is midnight. There we'll drop the hook. We'll be sure to lock all the doors too for it was at this spot, in May, we saw a black bear swimming across the canal.
Our watch schedule after dark is half an hour on and half an hour off. Staring at the limited, illuminated, area ahead, all the while scanning the chart-plotter and instruments, gets tiring. We are, however, rewarded with an incredible view of the stars.
Underway on Albermarle Sound, NC. 67nm so far today and 211nm on the trip. DBH
